For many parents, raising a teenager is like fighting a long war, but years go by without any clear winner．Like a border conflict between neighboring countries, the parent-teen war is about boundaries: Where is the line between what I control and what you do?
Both sides want peace, but neither feels it has any power to stop the conflict．In part, this is because neither is willing to admit any responsibility for starting it．From the parents’ point of view, the only cause of their fight is their adolescents’ complete unreasonableness．And of course, the teens see it in exactly the same way, except oppositely．Both feel trapped．
In this article, I’ll describe three no-win situations that commonly arise between teens and parents and then suggest some ways out of the trap．The first no-win situation is quarrels over unimportant things．Examples include the color of the teen’s hair, the cleanliness of the bedroom, the preferred style of clothing, the child’s failure to eat a good breakfast before school, or his tendency to sleep until noon on the weekends．Second, blaming．The goal of a blaming battle is to make the other admit that his bad attitude is the reason why everything goes wrong．Third, needing to be right．It doesn’t matter what the topic is．The laws of physics or the proper way to break an egg —the point of these arguments is to prove that you are right and the other person is wrong, for both wish to be considered an authority—someone who actually knows something — and therefore to command respect．Unfortunately, as long as parents and teens continue to assume that they know more than the other, they’ll continue to fight these battles forever and never make any real progress．
小題1:Why does the author compare the parent-teen war to a border conflict?
A．Both can continue for generations．
B．Neither can be put to an end．
C．Neither has any clear winner．
D．Both are about where to draw the line．
小題2:What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 mean?
A．The teens cause their parents to mislead them．
B．The teens agree with their parents on the cause of the conflict
C．The teens blame their parents for starting the conflict．
D．The teens tend to have a full understanding of their parents
小題3:Parents and teens want to be right because they want to ________．
A．give orders to the otherB．gain respect from the other
C．know more than the otherD．get the other to behave properly
小題4:What will the author most probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?
A．Solutions for the parent –teen problems．
B．Examples of the parent –teen war．
C．Causes for the parent –teen conflicts．
D．Future of the parent-teen relationship．

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:B
小題4:A

試題分析：本文把父母和孩子的關系比作國家與國家的關系，并給出了三種出現(xiàn)矛盾的情況。
小題1:D 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第一段后2行Like a border conflict between neighboring countries, the parent-teen war is about boundaries: Where is the line between what I control and what you do? 說明這兩者的相似之處在于界線的問題，故D正確。
小題2:C 推理題。根據(jù)From the parents’ point of view, the only cause of their fight is their adolescents’ complete unreasonableness．And of course, the teens see it in exactly the same way, except oppositely．說明父母認為孩子的無理是導致問題的所在，而孩子也有同樣的想法，認為父母是爭論出現(xiàn)的主要原因，故C項正確。
小題3:B 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)3,4,5行for both wish to be considered an authority—someone who actually knows something — and therefore to command respect．說明父母和孩子都想證明自己是對的，認為自己是權威，需要對方的尊敬。故B正確。
小題4:A 推理題。在文章最后一段中提出了父母和孩子之間出現(xiàn)問題的三種情況，那么接下來就應該討論的是對這些問題的解決方法，故A正確。
點評：本文講述的是父母和孩子相處的問題。文章的描述有一定特點，主旨鮮明。做題時要注意文章的首段和每一段的首句或尾句，因為它們往往就是文章的主題句。閱讀中要注意要點之間的關系。然后帶著問題，再讀全文，找出答題所需要的依據(jù)，完成閱讀任務。
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